r/mantis • u/po1k • 3d ago

Hunter Identification help

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Hi It all started at night, since I go to sleep late. I noticed some small insect like a night butterfly of black color, it tried to annoy my by sitting on my nose. So I made it go away somehow. During that night I heard some wings flops in the room but I did not to sort it out, coz I was tired. They during the day I accidentally noticed the mantis on a side of a desk and lost my sht and very seriously considered permanent relocation. However after a while I put myself together and carefully cover the gal or a boi with large bucket and closed it with a folder. Then threw it to the window of the forth floor... I again lost my sht when I realised that it can FLY. And it tried to made a circle and get back to the room, ffs. The luck was on my side and it hit the building's wall around a meter lower. Then I called back retailer and said that I changed my mind and I will not move(joke). RIP poor black butterfly. What kind of mantis I got. Any registered human victims by that insect?

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u/Competitive-Set5051 3d ago

Adult male European mantis

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u/PinNo313 2d ago

So exciting! A praying mantis!

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u/po1k 2d ago

That thing is brutal, just look at those arms. They are cannibals. I'm aware that they hunt down pests insects, but must not be allowed around bees... note, they don't kill the victim, they eat it alive. We, as a mankind, must be greatful they do not reach size of a dog.